The sheer quality of the soloists to have passed through the group's ranks is not to be sniffed at either, and one of the brightest was the late Steve Main, who tragically died in February 2021 aged just 49.
While the sounds of the classic Blue Note, Pacific Jazz and Prestige years are very much in evidence throughout, it would be wrong to dismiss the sextet as revivalists. Belonging instead to a living tradition, Wates captures the spirit of the era from his own particular vantage point.
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